Senate Dems file amicus brief in #VoterID case.

State Senate Democrats ....
... have jumped into the state Supreme Court appeal of Pennsylvania's voter
identification law, arguing in court papers filed this week that includes data they say "reinforces claims of disparate impact of the new voter ID law on poor, minority and elderly voters,"

In an amicus brief filed Thursday, Senate Democrats said they submitted data on the demographic impact of the law that they've been gathering since it went on the books earlier this year.

"Our findings, based on data collected from exit surveys, have been submitted to the court for consideration,” Sen. Tony Williams, the caucus' point man on voter ID said in a statement.

In his statement, Williams said the court filing was based on exit polling data in 13 Philadelphia voting districts during the April primary. It showed, among other things that:

4 percent of respondents reported not having any form of required photo ID, 100 percent of this group were minorities and all reported that they voted before. Most were poor;

59 percent reported having the most common form of an acceptable ID – a driver’s license;

59 percent of those polled were asked for ID, despite the mandatory requirement of all poll workers to ask for a photo ID during the primary elections this year.

“These respondents actually showed up at the polls and the data was collected on the spot,” Williams said. “Our belief is that this information is valuable and the court should be able to review it in the context of their consideration of the injunction.”

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